News from BraseltonNewsTODAY - Topics from October, 2008

Cutting the work week of its employees, stopping police officers from driving patrol cars home and slashing the contingency funds. These are among the measures one Hoschton City Council is proposing to be taken instead of implementing a property tax for city residents. Councilman Jim Jester outlined a plan to cut $109,482 from the proposed ...
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A Hoschton man was arrested last week by the Braselton Police Department for allegedly shooting a gun from his vehicle while he drove on Hwy. 124. Jimmy Jackson Conley, 73, 95 Joshua Way, Hoschton, was charged with aggressive driving, aggravated assault with a gun, discharging a gun on or near a public street and reckless conduct. Others ...
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The Braselton Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on Thursday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m. The board will discuss a variance request from Braselton Hospitality, LLC, which is seeking relief from the town’s stream buffer and setback regulations. The code requires a 50-foot undisturbed buffer and a 75-foot impervious surface setback on ...
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Detective Ronnie Kilburn opens a large filing cabinet in his office at the Braselton Police Department. “Staying busy is not the problem,” Kilburn says as he pulls a case file out of the cabinet. That case file contains information on any type of incident Braselton police are investigating — ranging from an armed robbery to a gas ...
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A sister — who was moving out of a Hoschton residence — placed two nails under her sibling’s vehicle, according to an incident report with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. The sibling said her sister was moving out of the house, when she saw her walk into the garage and crouch down next to her vehicle. The sibling said after her ...
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With the first round of the 2008 presidential debates in the book, the discussion continues on who won between Democratic nominee Barack Obama and Republican John McCain. Here’s how the national talking heads sum it up: everyone at FOX News says McCain won hands down. It wasn’t even close. Ditto for Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and the like. ...
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An 84-year-old Hoschton woman has been charged with homicide by vehicle in the second degree for a wreck that took three lives in February. The Georgia State Patrol says Minnie Lucille Dressler, 1764 Ga. Hwy. 211, crossed the centerline on Hwy. 211 on Feb. 24 and hit a Chevy Lumina head-on with three passengers. Those killed were Nancy Hamrick, ...
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Ray Johnson has been a lifelong resident of the Braselton-Hoschton area. And in that time, the 73-year-old has seen the rise of traffic congestion in the rapidly-growing cities. But it’s one road project that threatens to come near Johnson’s doorstep that has energized the retiree. Jackson County is in the final design stage of phase 1 of ...
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The Guinness World Records now has Hoschton’s entry submission for a possible world record. Mayor Bill Copenhaver said Monday that the London-based company told the city that it has received Hoschton’s entry for “The Most Scarecrows in One Location.” Confirmation for a possible world record is expected in eight weeks. Copenhaver said he ...
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A dispute over a homecoming event resulted in a woman’s father making threatening statements, according to Hoschton police. An 18-year-old man told police that his girlfriend, who lives in Hoschton, received a phone call from her father in Texas. The father was upset that his daughter selected her grandfather to participate in a homecoming ...
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